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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Easter

Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has
risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see
him.’ Now I have told you.”

Matthew 28:7

“Don’t be
alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He
has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.

Mark 16:6

He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he
told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:

Luke 24:6

2.
God Raised Jesus from the dead.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

3.
Many eyewitnesses saw Jesus after he was raised from the dead.

Suddenly
Jesus met them.“Greetings,”he
said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.Then Jesus said to them,“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to
Galilee; there they will see me.”

While
the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported
to the chief priests everything that had happened.When the
chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the
soldiers a large sum of money,telling
them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away
while we were asleep.’If this
report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”So
the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed.

And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the
mountain where Jesus had told them to go.When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some
doubted.Then Jesus came to them and
said,“All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me.Therefore
go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew
28:9-19

When Jesus rose early
on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,out
of whom he had driven seven demons.

Mark 16:9

Afterward Jesus appeared in a different
form to two of them while they were walking in the country.These returned and reported it to the
rest; but they did not believe them either.Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them
for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those

who had seen him after he had risen.

Mark 16:12-14

Read….

Luke
24:15-43

Now
Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As
she wept, she bent over to look into the tomband saw two angels in white,
seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are
you crying?”“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where
they have put him.” At this, she turned
around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why
are you crying? Who is it you are
looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you
have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”Jesus
said to her, “Mary.”She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,
“Rabboni!” (Which means teacher)

John
20:11-16

On the evening of that first day of the week,
when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish
leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”After he said this, he showed them his
hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the
Lord.

John 20:19-20

A week later his disciples were in the house again and Thomas was
with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and
said, “Peace be with you!” Then
he said to Thomas,“Put your
finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop
doubting and believe.”Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told
him,“Because you have seen me,
you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

John 20:26-29

After
his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs
that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke
about the kingdom of God.On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he
gave them this command: “Do not
leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard
me speak about.For John baptized
with water, but in a few days you will be baptized withthe Holy Spirit.”Then they gathered around him
and asked him, “Lord, are you at this
time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times
or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:3-8

…and that he appeared to Cephas,and
then to the Twelve.After that,
he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same
time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.Then he appeared to James, then to all the
apostles,and last of all he
appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

1 Corinthians 15:5-8

4.
Jesus said that those who believe He has risen from the dead without seeing Him
are blessed

Then Jesus told him,“Because
you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet
have believed.”